Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Italian History - Social Aspects, Europe - Civilization

Rome

Name: Rome
Author: Brett Foster
ISBN: 9780791078396

by Brett Foster, Hal Marcovitz, Harold Bloom

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Overview

Foster and Marcovitz present the Roman installment of Bloom's Literary Places series—the editor is author Harold Bloom, who wrote the introduction—that incorporates history and geography in its tour of Rome through literary authors and references. In addition to what the present-day city is like, there are references and excerpts of literary works, including places visited by, reminiscences, and experiences of writers such as Keats, Shelley, Stendhal, Goethe, Henry James, Montaigne, Hawthorne, Mark Twain, and Browning. It also has an annotated list of places of interest and a few color photos. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR